There's a ton of Flex jobs in the States too. You don't even need a year,
you just need 2-3 medium sized applications under your belt and you're good
to go. Flex 4 is actually much easier than Flex 3. They replaced a lot of
complicated and disjointed low-level code with much simpler, higher-level
code constructs - especially when it comes to layouts, colors, and shapes.
Don't use the drawing API in Flex 3 - that's going away - otherwise you are
certainly not wasting your time with Flex 3. Once you get one simple Flex 3
app down, I'd jump into Flex 4 and continue from there.

At my company we couldn't care less about age, sex or race. We have a lot of
foreigners and people of varying ages - it would be nice to have a few more
females but they don't apply!

Cheers,

Baz



On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 2:24 AM, Kevin Bowers
<[email protected]>wrote:

>
>
> Hi,
>
> As a fellow 48 year old I'd say it would depend on a who range of things,
> not just the Flex scripting skills.  For a start, where in the world are
> you?  Here in Europe there is a real shortage of Flex skills, so anyone with
> a fair level of ability should be able to get a job.
>
> As for the Flex version, well Flex 3 will continue to be in use for some
> time I think, but as has been said earlier picking up Flex 4 once you have a
> handle on 3 shouldn't be too much of a problem.
>
> Good luck,
>
> Kev
>
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On
> Behalf Of *Ivan Wang
> *Sent:* 29 November 2009 07:07
> *To:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* Re: [flexcoders] Re: Honestly guys , at 48 should I expect Flex
> & AS3 to change my life job wise?
>
>
>
> Actually the differences between Flex 3 and 4 may not be that much as you
> guess, at least not totally different.  Flex is a framework anyway, the
> basic things are still stay the same. Changes in layout, skin, new namespace
> etc. just make it more well-organized and easier to use.
> My suggestion is that you can learn AS first, then use Flex 3 to build a
> small application from the ground up to learn the basic Flex. That's all you
> need to start Flex 4.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* fred44455 <[email protected]>
> *To:* [email protected]
> *Sent:* Sunday, November 29, 2009 2:06 PM
> *Subject:* [flexcoders] Re: Honestly guys , at 48 should I expect Flex &
> AS3 to change my life job wise?
>
>
>
> Mr. Wang,
>
> Thank you so much for your input. I am currently learning Flex 3 under
> Lynda.com Essential training
> and I also purchased Lynda.ActionScript 3 essential training(with Flex not
> Flash). I am using both tutorials and I seems to pick up the basics nicely.
> However I tried to follow Flex4 in a week(from adobe videos) but it was too
> hard for me to understand. These videos I think were assuming that you kow
> Flex basics.
> As you said it will be better to start with Flex4 & the framwook but there
> is no Flex 4 book availble yet!! Do you think that the difference between
> Flex 3 and Flex 4 is that huge? What I am trying to say is that I hope that
> I am not wasting my time learning Flex 3 to realize(when the Flex 4 books
> will be available) that it is a totally different programming using Flex 4.
>
> Thank you in advance for your answer,
>
> Regards,
> Fred.
>
> --- In [email protected] <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, "Ivan
> Wang" <ivan.wang2...@...> wrote:
> >
> > Of course you will, learning a new language has nothing to do with one's
> age. ActionScript is quite a simple language compared to other and Flex is
> just a framework. One year is long enought to be a Flex Dev.
> > I suggest you start from Flex 4 since it's quite diffrent from its
> previous brother. Have fun.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: fred44455
> > To: [email protected] <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2009 12:05 PM
> > Subject: [flexcoders] Honestly guys , at 48 should I expect Flex & AS3 to
> change my life job wise?
> >
> >
> >
> > I am 48 and currently learning Flex3 & AS3. I have tried several other
> platforms & languages and so far Flex is where I feel home , the coding feel
> more intuitive to me , so I am expecting to keep learning the material. Now
> let's say 1 year from now if I try to get a job will I be able to get an
> entry level as Flex Developer? Even at my age? Or should I just continue
> this as a hobby.
> >
> > Thanks for your time,
> > Fred.
> >
>
>   
>

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